Distributing mechanism of typographical composing-machines.



C. A. ALBRECHT. DISTRIBUTING MECHANISM OF TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINES.

I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, I9I5.

1 ,142,222. Patented June 8, 1915.

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CHRISTIAN AUGUSTUS ALBnEcr T, or BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR To MERGEN- 1 .THALER LINQTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

DISTRIBUTING MECHANISM OE TYPOGRAPHICAL COM]?0E;ING-IVJIl-kCI-IIIYI'ES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1915.

Application filed March 29, 1915.. Serial No. 17,905.

To all whom it may concern:

Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in the Distributing Mechanism of Typograp'hical Composing: Machines, of whichthe following is a specification.

h This invention relates to typographical composing machines such as those knowncommercially under the trade mark, Lino- 7 type, and particularly those which are pro vided with several magazines, and in which are used matrices having font-distinguish-v ing notches in their feet. In such machines, the matrices, whenentering' the distributer, pass over font-distinguishing bridges or the like, which, acting in conjunction with the font-distinguishing notches on' the matrices andthe gaps in the ribs on the distributer rail, effect, in the well known manner, the distribution of those matrices to the particular magazines appropriate to the font to which they belong. V

In accordance with hitherto known arrangements, the matrices are propelled along the distributor rail and over the fontdistinguishing bridges, by three distributer screws which engage with three of the four ears of each matrix, namely, the two upper ears and one of the-lower ones, with-the result that the matrices, when supported only by the font distinguishingbridges, have a tendency to assume an oblique position and so render accurate distribution uncertain.

The provision of a fourth distributer screw of ordinary construction for the purpose of overcoming this difficulty is impracticable,

- because the distance between thetwo lower screws would leave too little room for the matrices to pass freely when falling from the distributer.

According to the present invention, the

above-mentioned defect is remedied'by providing "a fourth distrlbuter screw which op- .erates on the second lower ear of each matrix while it is being propelled over theQfont-dis- 'tinguishing bridges, and which is gapped or mutilated overthose portions of it which coincide with thespacesbetween the-fontdistinguishing bridges so that the descent of the matrices from the distributer at those places is not impeded;

matrifces into those chutes.

matrices leave the guide'rails 8, they are engaged by the first portion 18 of the screw 17,

plied to the font-separator of a machine provided with four magazines, Figure 1 being a vertical cross-section of the distributer, and Fig. 2an elevation of the'same as seen from the right of Fig. 1, that is to say from the back of the machine.

The matrices l are successively raised by the lifter 2 and pushed over the guide rails 3 so that they engage with the distributer screws 4, 5, 6, which carry them on to and along the first (7-) .of the font-distinguishing bridges 7, 8, 9 and 10. When the position of the font-distinguishing notches 11 in the feet of the matrices, does not coincide with that of the ridges on the bridge 7, the matrices will be supported by those ridges at such a heightas will enable them to be engaged by the ribs on the distributer rail 12 by which they will be supported while passing over the chute 13 on their way to the bridge8. When, however, as shown in Fig. 1, thernotches'll are coincident with the ridges on the bridge 7, the matrices will not engage with the ribs on the rail 12 and, when propelled by the screws beyond that bridge, will fall into the chute 13 A gap in the ribs on the distributer rail 12, situated above each of the bridges 8, 9 and 10, en-

known manner.

In order to prevent the matrices assuming,

as' above-mentioned, an oblique position while passing over the bridges 7 8, 9 and 10 the present invention provides a fourth distributer screw 17 The shaftof this screw 17 is of smaller diameter than the shafts of the other three screws, and it is provided with a mutilated thread, which engages the second lower ear of each matrix during its passage over either of the font-distinguishing bridges, but .is' discontinued over therespective chutes 13, 14, 15 and 16, so as to present .no obstacle tothe free passage of the As soon as the as well as by the screws 4:, 5 and 6, the

matrices remain under the control of all four,

' screws until they reach the end of the bridge 7 where the said portion 18 of the screw 17 ceases, and any matrix which has not been engagedby the distribu'ter rail 12, is free to drop into the chute 13, there being no thread present at that part of the screw 17 to interfere with such dropping, and the diameter of the shaft of that screw being small enough to allow the falling matrix to pass freely between it and the screw 6. Matrices which have been engaged by the clistributer rail 8 during their passage over the bridge 7, are propelled over the chute 13 by the three screws 4,5 and 6, until, just before arriving over the second font-distinguishing bridge 8,

' the second portion-19 of the screw 17 comes a the three screws 4 5 and 6, towards the next font-distinguishing bridge 9. While the matrices arepassing over thebridges 9 and 1 0, the third and fourth portions'20, 21, of the screw 17 come into operation in the same 7 manner as that just describedwith reference .7 length.

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It is to be understood that, although the invention is herein described and illustrated as applied to a so-called font-separator, it may be equally well employed in connection with distributing mechanism which sepa-' rates the matrices according to character.

Having described my invent on, 1 declare that what I claim and desire to secure b Letters Patent is c V a :1. In a typographical composing machine,

the combination with a distributer rail and three distributer screws adapted to propel matrices along the said rail, of a fourth dis- ,tributer screw also adapted to propel mats rices along that rail and having its-thread mutilated 0r gapped in the direction of its 2. In a typographical composing machine,

, the combination with a distributer' rail adapted to support and release matrices at respectively difi'erent parts of its length,

chutes adapted to receive matrices released from the distributer rail, two distributer" 3 screws adapted toengage the upper ears of a 7 matrix and a third distributer screw adapted c'o'pies of" this patent may be obtained for five cents eaeh, by addressing. the Gommi s'sionerlot patents;

to engage one of the lower ears of such matrix, of a fourth distributer screw adapted to engage the other lower ear of that matrix and having gaps or mutilations in its thread located above the said chutes.

3. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a distributor rail 7 adapted to support andrelease matrices at respectively difierent parts of its length, font-distinguishing bridges adapted to support matrices released from thedistributer. rail, two distributer screws adapted. to engage the upper ears of a matrix and a third distributer screw adapted to engage one of the lower ears of such matrix to propel it along the said rail andover the said bridges, of a fourth "distributer screw adapted to engage the other lower our of that matrix and having its thread divided by gaps or mutilations into a number of parts corresponding with the number of bridges, each such part terminating in the direction of travel of 'th'e matrices in the same vertical plane as does 7 the adjacent bridge. a i

at. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with a distributer rail adapted. to support and release matrices at respectively difierent' parts of its length, font-distinguishing bridges adapted'rto support matricesreleased from thedistribu'ter rail, chutes adapted to receive matrices falling off the bridges, two distributor-screws adapted to engage the upper ears of; a matrix and a third distributer screw adaptedto en- 4 gage one of the lower ears of such matrix, of a fourth distributer screw adapted to enage the other lower ear of that matrix and avin gaps in its thread located above the said chutes;

5'. In a typographicalcomposing machine, the combination with a distributer rail adapted. to support matrices, a font distinguishing bridge" adapted to delivermat rices of different fonts to the said rail and;

into a chute respectively, the saidchute, two distributer screws adaptedto engage theupper ears of a matrix and a third; distributer screw adapted to engage'one "off the lower ears of that matrix to propelit over andbeyond the said bridge, of a fourth distributer screw adapted to engage the other lower ear of that matrix, and terminating in the direction of travel of the matrices'inthe same vertical plane as does the bridge. a

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in-the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: V

VIIENRY HAsrnR, g V

WVOLDEMAR Haem- Washington, 11-0.

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